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PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY

2015-07-21 · letter vlog · John · 3:36 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books & writing · mode: Personal update · tags: self promotion, timely hook

On the day of the Paper Towns New York premiere, John recounts an overwhelming week of interviews and touring, points viewers to the Night on the Towns screening, copes with anxiety by reading glowing reviews (including Google-translated Brazilian ones), and offers Hank Pluto images for his VidCon stress.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Crowds say 'Good morning, Hank, it's Tuesday'; an overwhelming week of interviews with Nat Wolff and meeting Nerdfighters

  • ★★ John says the past week was intense and overwhelming, with lots of interviews, which he is not good at, but he was usually with Nat Wolff, who makes everything better. — 00:00:04
  • ★★ John met many thousands of Nerdfighters around the country, and many wanted to say hello to Hank, as crowds then do. — 00:00:16 · Nerdfighteria

00:00:28 — Commodification of the self, the New York premiere tonight, release dates, and the Night on the Towns screening and livestream hosted by Tyler Oakley

  • ★★ Having been photographed a lot, John says the commodification of the self in the marketing business is something he doesn't really understand and hasn't processed yet. (unsure) — 00:00:28
  • ★ John hopes to make a video about the commodification of the self someday. (hedged) — 00:00:34
  • ★★★ John says the fancy New York premiere of Paper Towns is tonight. — 00:00:38 · Paper Towns (film), New York City
  • ★ John thanks people on Twitter and Snapchat who helped him pick his premiere suit and says he may need help choosing a tie. (playful) — 00:00:41 · Twitter
  • ★★★ John says the movie comes out Friday, July 24th, with a special screening on Thursday at many theaters around the US and Canada. — 00:00:47 · Paper Towns (film), United States, Canada
  • ★★★ Though some screenings are sold out, John hopes viewers can still get tickets at nightonthetowns.com to see the movie early along with a livestream with the cast and musical performances. (hedged) — 00:00:58
  • ★★ John says the livestream will be hosted by their friend Tyler Oakley, whom he has known for about eight years and is proud of. — 00:01:07

00:01:16 — Coping with stress by reading reviews: Variety, misremembered TFIOS titles, and Google-translated Brazilian reviews

  • ★★ John says he is wound up and copes with stress by reading reviews of Paper Towns, because he really wants people to see it. — 00:01:18 · Paper Towns (film)
  • ★★★ Correcting himself, John says the movie is already out in Brazil, Australia and elsewhere, critics have seen it and reviews are great; Variety said it was better than The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:01:27 · Paper Towns (film), Australia, The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★★ John says that on tour exactly zero interviewers said the title of The Fault in Our Stars correctly. (playful) — 00:01:36 · The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★★ John has been obsessively reading reviews, including Brazilian ones via Google Translate since he speaks no Portuguese, and thinks they are very positive. (hedged) — 00:01:51
  • ★★ After a translated review likens the film to John Hughes movies, John says comparisons to John Hughes are always welcome. — 00:02:15

00:02:57 — Thanks for sharing the journey, and a fake hashtag to follow Nerdfighteria's responses

  • ★★ John hopes Hank and Nerdfighteria like the movie and thanks everyone who has shared this journey with him. — 00:02:57 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John has learned that movie studios are obsessed with hashtags because they let them track a campaign's success. — 00:03:02
  • ★★ Caring mostly about responses from Nerdfighteria and people who care about the story, John invented a fake hashtag to follow instead of the official ones, linked in the doobly-doo. — 00:03:14 · Nerdfighteria, doobly-doo

00:03:23 — Sign-off and a P.S. consoling Hank about VidCon stress with images of Pluto

  • ★★ In a P.S., John is sorry about Hank's VidCon stress and offers comfort in images of Pluto, a cold, distant former planet humans came together to understand. — 00:03:27 · VidCon

In the description and comments

Humor (significant)

  • Interviewers ask about the success of 'No Fault Under These Stars' — 00:01:46

    “well, I felt more pressure before I realized that absolutely no one remembers the title of that movie.”

  • A Google-translated Brazilian review calls The Fault in Our Stars 'Blame It Star' — 00:02:12

    “Solid work, Google Translate. Blame It Star!”

  • A translated review says director Schreier works with actors 'Wolff and Face' — 00:02:18

    “Not sure who Face is, maybe Cara?”

  • A review credits the film with Walt Whitman's melancholy; John imagines Whitman responding from under the grass — 00:02:51

    “I thought the movie was okay, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.”

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: Paper Towns (film)

Also: People: Cara Delevingne · Jake Schreier · John Hughes · Justice Smith · Nat Wolff · Tyler Oakley · Walt Whitman

Projects: VidCon

Works: The Fault in Our Stars · The Hobbit

Organizations: Snapchat · Twitter · Variety

Terms: doobly-doo

Concepts: commodity · hashtag

Places: Australia · Brazil · Canada · New York City · Pluto · United States

Events: Night on the Towns

Products: Google Translate

Only in the description or credits: #wallofcow

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